Ethnic Groups in Conflict, Updated Edition With a New Preface

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2001
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Drawing material from dozens of divided societies, Donald L. Horowitz constructs his theory of ethnic conflict, relating ethnic affiliations to kinship and intergroup relations to the fear of domination. A groundbreaking work when it was published in 1985, the book remains an original and powerfully argued comparative analysis of one of the most important forces in the contemporary world.

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Drawing material from dozens of divided societies, Donald L. Horowitz constructs his theory of ethnic conflict, relating ethnic affiliations to kinship and intergroup relations to the fear of domination. A groundbreaking work when it was published in 1985, the book remains an original and powerfully argued comparative analysis of one of the most important forces in the contemporary world.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 716
Edition: 2
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 13 Mar 2001
ISBN 10: 0520227069
ISBN 13: 9780520227064

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Offers a great deal of constructive advice backed by numerous examples--all worth pondering by those who try to engineer peace and democracy in divided societies. --Arend Lijphart, New York Times

Author Bio

Donald L. Horowitz is the James B. Duke professor of Law and Political Science at Duke University. He is also the author of A Democratic South Africa? Constitutional Engineering in a Divided Society (California, 1991), which won the Ralph Bunche Prize of the American Political Science Association, and coeditor of Immigrants in Two Democracies: French and American Experience (1992).